American Indian

In the exciting sequel to The Legend of Ghostkiller, Kyle and Nina Ghostkiller struggle with new revelations regarding Nina's past — something Kyle chose to keep to himself. Angry over the deception, Nina strikes out on her own to unravel her biological family secrets. Instead, she finds herself stranded in time where dark entities linger for revenge, and the dangers of living in the past threaten her very existence. Captured by the British, Nina must choose to stay in the past and fight to save the Cherokee people or travel back to the future and lose them to certain death. Which will ...

“How much suffering can one heart endure?” That question may be answered in “Tears of the Marigold.” It didn't take long for Allison Mason to realize she had an adversary in Patti Sanders, but to what extent she had yet to learn. Romance, love, lust, death, revenge, kidnapping, forgiveness, and learning how to live again; this novel has it all. It is one with tears.

Kill the Indian, Save the Man. That is the goal of the Dawes Commission, a federal agency. The Commission is charged with destroying the Muscogee-Creek Nation by allotting communally owned tribal lands to individual members. Forced assimilation is the zeitgeist of 1920s Oklahoma. SAM DAVIS is a handsome, roguish, half-breed. He brokers real estate between illiterate Creeks and land-hungry palefaces. Assimilation makes for good business. Oil strikes bring thousands of fortune-seeking whites to Tulsa. Sam's commissions soar against cascading reports of missing and murdered Creeks. When Sam is...

Inside Alaska's biggest national park, surrounding the town of Niniltna, a gold mining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park, are uneasy. "But gold is up to nine hundred dollars an ounce," is the refrain of Talia Macleod, the popular Alaskan skiing champ the company hired to improve their relations with Alaskans. And she promises much needed jobs to the locals. But before she can make her way to every village in the area to make her case at town meetings and village breakfasts, there are two murders—one a long-standing mine opponent, and Ms. Macleod herself.

One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and 13-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.

In August 1862, after decades of broken treaties, increasing hardship, and relentless encroachment on their lands, a group of Dakota warriors convened a council at the tepee of their leader, Little Crow. Knowing the strength and resilience of the young American nation, Little Crow counseled caution, but anger won the day. Forced to either lead his warriors in a war he knew they could not win or leave them to their fates, he declared, "[Little Crow] is not a coward: he will die with you."

"Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of most blessings. Money talks. Why does mine say goodbye?" Matt Howard When Matt inherits a house and five acres in the rugged Uinta Mountains, she plans to sell the property and end her current out-of-money experience. She loads the car with her massive dog, Zeus, and heads for the hills to check out possibilities. What she finds is an old Victorian house with a dead zone in the front yard, a cold spot in the hall, and a locked trunk, too heavy to move, in the bedroom. By the time she solves the mysteries, she is trapped ...

Recent archaeological findings, newly discovered written accounts, and never-before-published records have contributed to a whole new understanding of our country's oldest ancestors. Drawing upon the latest research, as well as his own personal experience living among the Hopi tribes, acclaimed author and former Natural History magazine editor Jake Page covers all aspects of Indian life throughout the ages.

When survival depends on the stories we tell. Martha’s Vineyard 2022: While writing a novel, Peri stumbles upon a mysterious history that imperils not just her existence, but also that of her daughter. This discovery plunges her back in time to the Mohawk Valley during the tumultuous days of the French and Indian War. Mohawk Valley, 1757: Peri and Daniel embark on a mission to save her ancestor in a world brimming with danger and deception, where enemies spring out of the wilderness without warning and the constant threat of an imminent large-scale attack looms over the valley. Everyone ...

In Indian Country: Missing. Two young Lakota women, Anya Fast Runner and Veronica Likes Pretty Dresses, have gone missing, one reported missing on the reservation and the other in the county, Mike taking the report himself. Both cases are obviously related and both ladies were last seen with his old nemesis Raymond Angry Boy Whitecloud.

A great tale of western romance, action and courage as the Lanes go west, facing many hardships as they search for the mighty warrior Lone Eagle. Identical twins, 3-year-old William and Phillip Lane, grandsons of General Horatio Lane are torn apart when their wagon train is attacked by the mighty Sioux warriors. William and his sister Virginia are found by a passing army patrol but Phillip is missing. Eighteen years later at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council a close family friend sees a warrior identical in looks to William. Follow the Lane's west as a courageous family seeks the missing twin...

A short story about a fictional encounter with a southern California native American youth who travels to Arizona and encounters the Mojave tribe. He is seeking the blue turquoise gemstones which are highly prized by his tribe. He wants to impress his intended bride with a gift of these beautiful stones. We follow his travels and experience his trials along the way. A good story for adults and young readers as well.

Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person, his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you’re really good at and become the best at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul’s brain. While he’s not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Miller will stop torturing him at school. And he won’t be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery.

On his first voyage from England to the New World, Allan Jacob Fox had no desire to settle in this faraway land but only work as a ship's hand, and he intended to safely sail back home. A quiet young man who wasn't one to stand out. Allan thought he would in time, marry and settle in one of the busy ports in England. He did not know that his future would be one of adventure, eventually becoming a highly sought after counseler and wise man by many natives from New York's Indian tribes, by one of the high ranking men in the Mohawk Valley, and by hundreds of new settlers who had gradually ...

Unflinchingly honest about the brutality of this nation’s founding and its legacy of settler-colonialism and genocide, the impact of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s 2014 book is profound. This classic is revisited with new material that takes an incisive look at the post-Obama era from the war in Afghanistan to Charlottesville’s white supremacy-fueled rallies, and from the onset of the pandemic to the election of President Biden.

Often remembered as the president who died shortly after taking office, William Henry Harrison remains misunderstood by most Americans. Before becoming the ninth president of the United States in 1841, Harrison was instrumental in shaping the early years of westward expansion. Robert M. Owens now explores that era through the lens of Harrison’s career, providing a new synthesis of his role in the political development of Indiana Territory and in shaping Indian policy in the Old Northwest.

What if you discovered yourself alone in the wilderness on the Overland Trail in 1857, wounded, weaponless, helpless? How would you react if, when you came to the following day, you found a young Shoshone medicine man and a cute Indian shaman girl tending your wounds? Connal Lee woke up that morning to a new life as a white Shoshone boy. Homesick for his brother and sister, his circumstances dictated he stay with the Shoshones until he made it to Great Salt Lake City. Raised in the Ozarks, educated while pushing a handcart across the country, the intelligent young teen adapted to another ...

An arranged marriage to save their people. A tribesman who loves another. A spurned woman without a home. Two people determined to do their duty – one out of desperation, the other out of indifference. When Maverick loses the woman he’s loved forever, he gives in to his family and tribe’s expectations and agrees to marry a woman from a coastal tribe. His bachelor party puts him in the path of someone with fiery eyes that draws a spark. Will he be able to leave her the next day to marry another? Morgan has no home to go back to because of shame from her past mistakes and a broken heart...

Isabella’s Clan of 1865- Winner of the 2025 John Esten Historical Fiction Award The rooms in Isabella's home in Georgia had once echoed with laughter and joy. The fields had been bountiful, and love seemed to promise a bright future. That was before Lee surrendered to Grant, and typhoid claimed the lives of her parents. At just eighteen years old, Isabella found that her past experiences offered no solace; everything had changed with the Union's victory. Slavery had been abolished, leaving both plantation owners and former slaves facing an uncertain future. It was a new world, and ...

Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood.